Galley-lock for printers&#39; galleys.



No. 848,717. PTENTED APR. 2, 1907.

H, L. ADZIT.

4GALLEY LOCK POR PRINTERS GALLEYS.

APPpIoATIoN FILED MAR. 5. 190e.

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HENRY L. ADZIT, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. l

GALLEY-LOCK FOR PRINTERS GALLEYS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

atented April 2, 1907.

Application filed March 5, 1906. Serial No. 304,243.

To LZ/f whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. ADZIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Galley-Locks for Printers Galleys,- and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in galley-locks for printers galleys,- and its object is to provide the same with certain new and useful features, hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention consists, essentially, of a bar having flat portions arranged at right angles and providedat one end with a clamp to embrace the wall of the galley, said clamp being arranged at an inclination to a right angle across the end of the bar, whereby when kthe bar is placed in position with the clamp embracing the side wall of the galley it will normally assume a position with its free end slightly inclined from a right angle to the side wall and toward the end wall of the galley, in which position the clamp will slide freely to and fro on the sidewall, and when brought in contact with the type and to a position parallel with the end wall the clamp will bind on the side wall and hold the bar firmly in position against the type, as will more fully appear by reference to the accompanyingA drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of a galley with my device applied thereto 5 Fig. 2, an enlarged perspective detail of my device, and Fig. 3 the same of a modified construction.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

l represents what is commonly known as a printers galley, having vertical end and side walls.

2 is the bottom member of the bar slidable on the bottom of the galley, and 3 the vertical member of the same to engage and hold the ty e.

represents an extension of the bottom member 2 of the bar separated from the side member and bent upward vertically and thence bent outward and downward to loosely embrace the wall of the galley and slide freely thereon. This portion is arranged at an obtuse angle to the vertical side 3, whereby the line of the bar when freely engaged with the side wall is inclined slightly toward the end'wall of the galley. When the device is brought in contact with the type, the bar will be forced thereby to assume a position parallel with the end wall and at right angles to the side wall, and this will cause the clamp 7 to bind on the side wall, and thus securely hold the bar in place.

The foregoing description is of the modified form shown in Fig. 3, which operates satisfactorily 'when the clamp is properly adapted to the thickness of the wall of the galley. To adapt the clamp to variable thickness of wall I prefer, however, to provide my device with a spring-tongue 5, extending within the clamp, which latter is made wide enough to embrace both the wall of the galley and the tongue 5, as shown at 4, Vwhich tongue consists of an extension of the vertical wall 3,

bent at an obtuse angle, as at 5, and extending through the clamp 4 along the inner surface of the wall and bent toward the wall at the end, as at 6. This spring-tongue operates to throw the free end of the bar toward the end wall and when in this position the device will slide freely to'ward the type. When lforced against the same and at right angles to the side wall, this spring-tongue operates to securely hold the bar against the type and forms a friction-pawl to hold the bar in place.

It will be noted that in either form the mode of operation is essentially the same, the bar being normally inclined toward the end wall at its free end, and in this position freely slidable on the side wall, and when forced against the type and brought parallel with the end wall and at right angles to the side Wall it is securely held in place by the gripping action of the end fastenings which engage said wall.

It is obvious that my device may be attached to the end wall of a galley instead of the side wall and will operate the same in this relation to hold the type against the side wall of the galley. It is also obvious that the clamp may be modified to embrace any other form of wall for the galley, such as the woodmolding sometimes used, without departing from my invention, so, also, that the device is adapted to be used on galleys in common use, and can be made and sold for this purpose as an article of commerce independent of the galleys.

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lllhat I claim is- 4 1. As an article of manufacture, a lock for l a printers galley, comprising a bar adapted to engage and hold type, and a clamp on the 1 bar to loosely embrace and freely slide on the wall of a printers galley, said clamp being arranged at an obtuse angle to the side of the bar adapted to engage the type whereby when the bar is at right angles to such wall the clamp will grip the wall and lock the bar in place.

2. As an article of manufacture, a lock for a printers galley comprising a bar having a Vertical side wall adapted to engage and hold type, a Clamp on one end ofthe bar to loosely embrace and freely slide on the wall of a printers galley and a flexible tongue in the clamp to engage the wall and lock the bar when the latter is at right angles to the said wall whereby when the bar is at right angles to such wall the clamp will grip the wall and loclr the bar in place.

3. As an article of manufacture, a lock for a printers galley comprising a bar having a bottom and a side arranged at right angles,

E and forming Vertical and horizont al members,

an extension of the horizontal member bent upward and thence outward and downward to loosely embrace the wall of a galley and freely slide thereon, and also arranged at an obtuse angle to the vertical member whereby said embracing part will grip the wall and lock the bar in place when the latter is at right angles to said wall.

4. A lock for a printers galley comprising a bar having a bottom and a side arranged to form horizontal and vertical members7 the horizontal member being bent upward, outward and downward to form a clamp and the Vertical member separately extended and bent within said clamp, to form a spring yieldingly opposed to the outer part of said clamp.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. ADZIT.

Vitnesses z GEORGIANA CHACE, GEORGE HoLLwAY, 

